User Guide
for
Hazardous Material Awareness
Training
User Guide for Hazardous Material Awareness Training
Table of Contents
Overview ... 2
Module 1: Taking the Course on TrainingTrax ... 3
Overview ... 3
Course Description... 4
Course Requirements ... 6
Trainee Records ... 8
Module 2: Supplementary Information and References ... 9
Overview ... 9
What You Must Know About Every HazMat Shipment ... 10
Regulatory Agencies ... 11
Life Cycle Overview & Emergency Response Basics ... 12
Hazardous Material Classification ... 13
Class – Name & Placard Examples ... 14
User Guide for Hazardous Material Awareness Training
Overview
Purpose This Hazardous Materials Awareness User Guide is a training aid to assist you in completing the self-paced multimedia course. This course was developed for employees who are required by the Department of Transportation to complete hazardous material training every three years.
During the course, you will use this guide for: • Supplementary information
• Reference materials • Job aids
Your User Guide also contains materials that will be helpful when creating hazardous material waybills. However, it does not contain all of the materials included in the multimedia course, so you should take notes. Additional blank pages have been included at the back of this guide for that purpose.
Audience The targeted population is everyone who deals with HazMat or uses ShipCSX to bill Hazardous Materials, including:
• T&E, Field Clerks, Trainmasters, Dispatchers, Yardmasters • Engineering (Roadmasters, MOW)
• Mechanical (Car & Locomotive) • E-Billing
• Customer Operations
• Rail billing and collections customer service
• Any other CSXT, CSX, or CSX subsidiary employee who bills hazardous materials for shipping on our railroad
Content Below are the modules in this manual.
Modules Page
Module 1: Taking the Course on TrainingTrax 3
Module 1: Taking the Course on TrainingTrax
Overview
Purpose This section provides general information about accessing the training program, help using TrainingTrax, and course completion
information.
In this module Below are the sections in this module.
Section Page
Course Description 5 Course Requirements 8 Trainee Records 9
Course Description
Purpose This training will provide general awareness and familiarization with hazardous material shipping at CSX, including documentation, security, and emergency response requirements.
Training Goals
Employees will be able to interpret placards and documentation in order to keep hazardous materials secure in transport and know procedures, resources, and their responsibilities in dealing with a security threat or necessitated emergency response. This course will also provide a working knowledge of the shipping life cycle of hazardous materials with respect to applicable DOT regulations, present each person’s duties, and discuss possible penalties for non-compliance.
Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this course, but this course is a
prerequisite for anyone who works with HazMats or uses ShipCSX to bill HazMats.
Course Description,
ContinuedLearning Objectives
Upon completion of the training, employees will be able to successfully perform their job functions with respect to hazardous materials transport, security maintenance, and emergency response.
◊ Identify the reference manual available to transportation employees that contains federal regulations for the transportation of hazardous material.
◊ Given a job aid for the Hazardous Materials Awareness course, identify general characteristics of hazardous material classes and placards.
◊ Recognize the methods used to communicate the presence of hazardous materials within a shipment.
◊ Describe the “life cycle” of a hazardous material shipment. ◊ List ways to obtain emergency response information. ◊ Determine why accurate documentation is important
throughout the life cycle of a shipment.
◊ Identify the responsibilities (and penalties) or participants in the life cycle of hazardous material shipments as related to Transportation Security.
◊ Fill out the HM10 form correctly for transporting HazMat in a vehicle. (Engineering and Mechanical departments ONLY) ◊ Handle PIH/TIH cars securely.
◊ Ensure the Chain of Custody & Control documentation is current and security measures are in place.
Course Requirements
Required Materials
U.S. Hazardous Materials Instructions for Rail and the Emergency Response Guide are used in this course, so have them with you. You will also need access to TrainingTrax either on a CSX POD computer or from any computer on the CSX network. Do not attempt to view the course via ‘apps.csx.com’; Citrix does not support audio.
Starting the Course
The course will either be on your TrainingTrax homepage or you can search for it using the course catalog.
Step Action Result
1 At the TrainingTrax Home page, select Training Catalog tab.
The Browse Training Catalog page displays.
2 To find the course:
HMT – Transportation Employees HME – Engineering & Mechanical
“HMT + last two digits of
current year” in the Search
Test Field. (i.e. HMTXX or
HMEXX)
Select All Words from the
Search Type drop-down
menu. Press Search.
The Hazardous Materials
Awareness course hyperlink appears.
3 Click the Hazardous Materials
Awareness hyperlink.
The General Course – Windows
Internet Explorer provided by CSX
window returns. To launch the course, click the
hyperlink.
The course starts.
Follow on-screen and audio instructions to navigate through the course.
Breaks It is recommended that you exit the course if you take a break. You may take a break at any time during the lesson. When you come back to the course, you will return where you exited the course.
Course Requirements,
ContinuedCourse Time-Out
The course will automatically exit (time-out) if no activity
(keystrokes/trackball movement) is detected for ten minutes. Upon re-entry to the course, you will return to the same place in the course where you timed-out.
Test
Consideration
This is a 45 minute course which includes a final quiz on the learning objectives. The quiz requires you to get 85% of the questions correct to complete this course successfully. You are given three tries on the quiz in a single sitting. In TrainingTrax, if you elect to start a new attempt, your previous “bookmark” is deleted and you start again at the beginning.
Do not take a break during the test. If you exit the course during the test, or allow the machine to time-out, you will be charged with one
failure in the test. Have all necessary notes, references, and this user
guide available during the testing portion of this course. Take notes on the questions that you miss. There are blank pages in this manual for notes.
Approximate Completion Times
The Hazardous Materials Awareness course is divided into three lessons and a test. Approximate times required to complete each component are listed in the table below.
Sections Topics Approx. Time Awareness • Definitions • Regulations & References • Identification • Dangers 8 min. Identification Hazardous Materials: • Classification • Communication 10 min. Life Cycle
• Life cycle for each employee
• Emergency Response • TSA Regulations • Chain of Custody
8 min.
Test Hazardous Materials Awareness
Trainee Records
Purpose CSX maintains completion records for employees who have taken the course on a computer or who have attended a training session.
Course
Completion in TrainingTrax
Course completion will be monitored through TrainingTrax. When you have successfully completed the test for this course, credit for completion will be posted to your TrainingTrax transcript, and you will be considered “certified” for FRA purposes.
Classroom Training
For classroom training, the instructor is responsible for submitting training information.
Help If you experience any issues taking this course, here are some contact numbers.
Contacts and Telephone Numbers Need . . . Call . . . At . . .
Registration/User Guides
• CSX Gateway: Search for Hazardous Material Awareness Guide
• TrainingTrax:
Search by content title or keyword
Hardware Problems • CSX Help Desk
Note: If calling the Help
Desk have your computer name & user ID
number(s) ready. The computer name can be located using PC Diagnostics.
RNX 426-1111 Bell 279-1111
Module 2: Supplementary Information and References
Overview
Purpose This section provides some highlights from the course and also lists reference materials.
Goal The information in this module will provide reference material for the practice questions.
In this module:
Below are the sections in this module.
Section Page
What you must know about HazMat shipments & identification
10 Regulatory Agencies 11 Life Cycle Overview & Emergency Response Basics 12 Hazardous Material Classification 13 Class – Name & Placard Example 14
What You Must Know About Every HazMat Shipment
MUST Know Three things to know about every HazMat shipment:1. What it is and what are its harmful effects. 2. Where it is 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
3. What to tell emergency crews about who to call in case the material is released into the atmosphere.
In any emergency, contact the Public Safety Communication Center (PSCC) at 1-800-232-0144.
Identification Four methods to identify the presence of hazardous material in a shipment:
1. Placards
• Shaped like a square, turned on its point • 10 ¾ by 10 ¾ inch signs
• Displayed on bulk and non-bulk shipments
• Found on trailers, shipping containers, and railcars
It is the shipper’s responsibility to apply appropriate placards to their shipments.
2. Labels
• Diamond-shaped • 4 by 4 inch labels
• Placed on individual packages of hazardous material 3. Markings
• Found on railcars and intermodal bulk containers • Painted on the car or container
• Commodity information may include: DOT identification number Proper shipping name Marine pollutant warning Hot warning
Inhalation Hazard Warning 4. Documentation
• Begins with the shipper
• Correct identification of shipment contents is crucial • The shipper AND its employees can be fined and/or
Regulatory Agencies
DOT Transport and handling hazardous materials is strictly regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT). The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act includes all of the hazardous material transportation laws in Title 49 of the United States Code.
Transportation requires tracking throughout the life cycle of each hazardous material shipment.
Hazardous material shipments pose security risks if the shipment is compromised in any way.
DHS The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) overriding and urgent mission is to lead the unified national effort to secure the country and preserve our freedoms.
TSA The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) protects the nation’s transportation systems so you and your family can travel safely.
BOE-6000 CFR 49 – Transportation
We will reference the rules in the Bureau of Explosives, Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Department of Transportation BOE-6000 which is the same as 49 CFR.
It is the primary source of information available to transportation workers when questions arise concerning hazardous material shipments.
Life Cycle Overview & Emergency Response Basics
Waybill Billing clerks at CSX receive shipping requests and transcribeinformation form the shipping papers into the CSX Waybill system. All hazardous materials shipments require a ShipCSX waybill.
Train Documents
Train documentation is created and includes: • Contents of the hazardous shipment • Location in the train
• Emergency response information
The documentation for hazardous material shipments must be correct. The position of the shipment in the train must match the train consist. The shipment has to be positioned away from the hazardous materials.
Emergency Responders
Emergency responders need to know: • What is in the shipment
• Where it is located within the train
• What other hazardous shipments are close to it • Who to call – PSCC first
Emergency Response Resources
Emergency response information has to be assessable to all workers, such as the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). This information as well as other emergency response information can be referenced by an employee using these resources:
• Mainframe
• Emergency Response Guide (ERG)
• Internet – MSDS lookup site from a CSX computer
Type “MSDS” on the Gateway address bar and press ENTER
Select 3E Material Safety Data Sheets from the Start button
Use the Gateway home page site link on the right side • Chemical Management Companies
Hazardous Material Classification
Classification Hazardous materials are divided into numbered classes based on the physical characteristics they display.
Classification of Hazardous Commodities
Class Name (Examples are enclosed in parentheses) 1 Explosives and Blasting Agents
1.1 Explosives with mass explosion hazard (TNT) 1.2 Explosives with projection hazard (aerial flares)
1.3 Explosives with predominantly a fire hazard (liquid fueled rocket motors)
1.4 Explosives with no significant blast hazard (fireworks)
1.4s Explosives with no significant blast hazard (small arms ammunition) 1.5 Very insensitive explosives (blasting agents)
1.6 Extremely insensitive explosives (no known examples in the United States)
2 Gases
2.1 Flammable gas (liquefied petroleum gas) 2.2 Non-flammable gas (carbon dioxide) 2.3 Poisonous gas (sulfur dioxide, chlorine) 2.4 Corrosive gases (anhydrous ammonia)
3 Flammable Liquids (methyl alcohol, gasoline) Note: These liquids may have a flash point of up to 141 degrees Fahrenheit.
Combustible Liquids (butanol fuel)
Liquids with a flash point between 141 – 200 degrees Fahrenheit. Flammable liquids with a flash point at or above 100 degrees. 4 Flammable Solids and Reactive Liquids/Solids
4.1 Flammable solids (magnesium pellets)
4.2 Spontaneously combustible material (phosphorus) 4.3 Dangerous when wet materials (calcium carbide)
5 Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides 5.1 Oxidizer (ammonium nitrate)
5.2 Organic peroxide (benzoyl peroxide)
6 Poisonous Liquids and Solids and Infectious Substances 6.1 Poisonous material (arsenic, carbon tetrachloride) or
Poisonous material “Keep Away From Food” (chloroform) 6.2 Infectious substances (AIDS, hepatitis)
7 Radioactive Materials (cobalt 60, “yellow cake”) 8 Corrosive Materials (sulfuric acid)
9 Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials (adipic acid, molten sulfur) ORM-D Other Regulated Materials (NOT regulated in rail transportation)
Class – Name & Placard Examples
1 - Explosives and Blasting Agents
2 - Gases
3 - Flammable Liquids
4 - Flammable Solids and Reactive Liquids/Solids
5 - Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides
6 - Poisonous Liquids and Solids and Infectious Substances
7 - Radioactive Materials
8 - Corrosive Materials 9 - Misc. Hazardous Materials
